A Burning Vision For the session to be discussed on May 30, 2021 Isaiah 6:1-8 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery Our passage this week is from Isaiah. What does it mean for people of faith and the church to lean into an uncertain future? How do...

Breath and Life For the session to be discussed on May 23, 2021 Psalm 104:24-34 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery Are human greed and selfishness contrary to God’s order of creation? For this Pentecost Sunday, how might we hear the voice of the...

Keeping It Simple For the session to be discussed on May 16, 2021 1 John 5:7-13 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd It seems that part of the human condition is our tendency to complicate things. Rather than keeping things simple, we add unneeded...

Released to Love For the session to be discussed on May 9, 2021 1 John 5:1-6 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Crystal Shepherd How we view others matters. John encourages us to see one another not as separate, but as fellow children of God. That sense of value...

Love is the Whole Thing For the session to be discussed on May 2, 2021 1 John 4:7-21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery We continue our study in 1 John, again discussing the nuances of the sort of love we are called to share. We discuss the...

Abiding Love For the session to be discussed on April 25, 2021 1 John 3:16-24 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery This passage from 1 John focuses on love. What does love say about who God is? What does it lead us to know God is not like? We...

God's Children Now For the session to be discussed on April 18, 2021 1 John 3:1-7 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This passage from 1 John reminds us that we are God’s children now. Not in the future or if we do or believe the right things…...

Embodied Faith For the session to be discussed on April 11, 2021 1 John 1:1-2:2 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery What does it mean to live in ways that embody love? Rather than see love as an abstract idea, how can we live in ways that make...

A Scandalous Claim For the session to be discussed on April 4, 2021 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery This episode marks our 300th episode! We celebrate these many conversations while also celebrating Easter Sunday....

Carry the Cross For the session to be discussed on March 28, 2021 Mark 15:1-47 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery In this episode we struggle with a lengthy passage detailing Jesus’ painful journey to the cross. While the date for this...

Good News? For the session to be discussed on March 21, 2021 John 12:20-33 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze In this episode we struggle with Jesus’ difficult notion of “Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this...

Light Living For the session to be discussed on March 14, 2021 John 3:14-21 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Daniel Glaze What is the difference between belief and trust, and how does that distinction affect how we live out our faith? Is it enough to...

Turning the Tables For the session to be discussed on March 7, 2021 John 2:13-22 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams In this episode we consider Jesus’ angry response to the commerce and corruption happening in the temple. As he flips the tables,...

Lose to Gain For the session to be discussed on February 28, 2021 Mark 8:31-38 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams This episode features Peter pulling Jesus aside to ask, “did you really mean to say that?” We discuss the ways our expectations can...

Walkabout For the session to be discussed on February 21, 2021 Mark 1:9-15 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze In this episode we talk about temptation. We discuss taking temptations seriously, for they have consequences that are real and often...

Friends in High Places For the session to be discussed on February 14, 2021 Mark 9:2-9 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze In this episode we talk about mountains and high places as we consider this passage on the transfiguration of Jesus. What...

Rest Time For the session to be discussed on February 7, 2021 Mark 1:29-39 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze In this episode we explore the notion of rest and our need for it. How does our culture’s fixation with busyness and productivity...

Teaching that Heals For the session to be discussed on January 31, 2021 Mark 1:21-28 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery Daniel Glaze In this episode we discuss Jesus exorcising a demon from a man. What demons possess us? What demons possess our society and...